Karen has a red ribbon that is 18 feet long and a blue ribbon that is 12 feet long he wants to cut both ribbons into pieces that are the same line and she wants to have no room left when she is done what is the greatest length in feet of each of ribbon that she can cut

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (–4, 0) and (6, 0). the y-intercept of the first parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0, –24). what is the positive difference between the a values for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth